Table 1

Journal advertising – Total pages and Pharmaceutical Ads (Pharmads)

Journal
No. of issues reviewed
Average No. of Pages per issue
Average No. of All Ad pages per issue
Average No. Pharmads per issue
Percent Pharmad pages per issue
No. of Pharmads per Pages in Avg. issue

A
24
182.9
87.8
66.3
75.5
0.362
B
25
143.4
86.7
63.2
72.9
0.441
C
52
108.4
85.0
39.4
46.4
0.363
D
24
78.8
53.2
22.8
42.8
0.289
E
12
217.3
63.6
24.7
38.9
0.114
F
12
109
21.7
15.7
72.3
0.144
G
22
117.7
21.0
15.4
73.3
0.131
H
50
86.1
22.2
15.2
67.5
0.177
I
48
124.8
30.8
10.5
34.0
0.084
J
52
56.1
3.9
0.15
3.9
0.003
K
13
137.5
10.5
0.15
1.5
0.001

OVERALL AVERAGE for major medical journals
30.4
123.8
43.04
23.5
48.1
0.192

CAM journals



Pharmads (DS ads) per issue
Percent pharmads (DS ads)


L
6
79.2
8
0 (1.8)
0 (23)
0
M
7
103.7
5.7
0 (0)
0 (0)
0
N
9
104.1
24
0 (12.3)
0 (52)
0

Kemper and Hood BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-11